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with radioactive clouds over japan sky are crowding -- spreading throughout the region. but in other countries do? [speaking in russian] >> sorry. i have to of russian. trent lowe. >> translator: when chernobyl happened, other countries were protected because of the radioactive nuclides in the air. so to say that radioactive nuclides were there and settled. that's why my reservations were china and korea and russian far east to help, to have aircraft ready with iodine cesium or maybe with other. that will help to capture this radioactive nuclides from the air and to settle them, to put them in the sea. as for canada and the united states, the situation is different. because radioactive nuclides are in very, not very much in the air. the concentration is not great. the danger is only from -- i can remind you, when china was testing in the air, -- in the united states the concentration of iodine in the air was a little -- was so little that it was officially announced that non-valuable, non-necessary. nonvisible. nonvisible. at the same time, it turned out that in californ
with radioactive clouds over japan sky are crowding -- spreading throughout the region. but in other countries do? [speaking in russian] >> sorry. i have to of russian. trent lowe. >> translator: when chernobyl happened, other countries were protected because of the radioactive nuclides in the air. so to say that radioactive nuclides were there and settled. that's why my reservations were china and korea and russian far east to help, to have aircraft ready with iodine cesium or...
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japan has from an economist perspective, japan has lots of puzzling problems. and the economy has not been doing well for years. this crisis in the short run ads to that, but in the long run, it's largely awash, some estimate the effects of the economy providing job opportunities to people that we go the other way. but i think we're still worried about japan in a longer-term sense, the japanese economy has lost a lot of its energy but that's nothing to do with much of this crisis. >> thanks, barry. richard, tell us about political fallout in tokyo. and the foreign policy of the disaster's. >> i'm a little bit more pessimistic about the situation than barry is on the economic side because i do think it represents a serious challenge to the japanese political system. granted, everything that barry said i think we still have to be, have to recognize that before last friday's earthquake, the parameters governing japan's future trajectory were not great. it has a declining working age population and a growing elderly population. and so their big questions over the l
japan has from an economist perspective, japan has lots of puzzling problems. and the economy has not been doing well for years. this crisis in the short run ads to that, but in the long run, it's largely awash, some estimate the effects of the economy providing job opportunities to people that we go the other way. but i think we're still worried about japan in a longer-term sense, the japanese economy has lost a lot of its energy but that's nothing to do with much of this crisis. >>...
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., or japan. guest: with the response by the tokyo electric power company, japan's nuclear industry, or the japanese government, has anything surprise you personally in the last week and a half? guest: i think this is a very difficult situation. these situations present new information and new challenges. anytime i have been involved in any type of emergency response, i find information is more difficult to obtain and we think it is. and we always have more conflicting information than we would like. in that sense, that is a lot of what we are seeing. that is not necessarily a surprise. it is one of the challenges of dealing with a fast-moving scenario like this. when you have the devastation that you are seeing as the result of the hurricane and a tsunami. host: what can we do and the u.s.? guest: the more that you prepare a new plan, the better the decision making will be and the better your information flow will be. there always be a degree of conflicting information and just uncertainty. the c
., or japan. guest: with the response by the tokyo electric power company, japan's nuclear industry, or the japanese government, has anything surprise you personally in the last week and a half? guest: i think this is a very difficult situation. these situations present new information and new challenges. anytime i have been involved in any type of emergency response, i find information is more difficult to obtain and we think it is. and we always have more conflicting information than we would...
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you just came back from japan? >> guest: i just came back from japan. they have been an active ally, and regional talks which is essential. this is devastating. when you read the reports after you just met so many members of the diet and their leadership and you've been in their homes and had such in depth discussions for three or four days. to see it happening, is devastating. japan is probably one the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean, the people are polite, there is a plan for everything that has to happen. and i know that they have been preparing for a possible earthquake or tsunami for a long time, but preparing for it, and then responding when the tall buildings are shaking and people are losing their lives, hopefully the lives lost will be kept to a minimum because of the preparation. >> yeah, this is also a domestic story. we've told you earlier that the waves are beginning to reach the coastline in hawaii. and it is scheduled to do so right now as we are speaking. viewer just tweeted to us that oregon's north coas
you just came back from japan? >> guest: i just came back from japan. they have been an active ally, and regional talks which is essential. this is devastating. when you read the reports after you just met so many members of the diet and their leadership and you've been in their homes and had such in depth discussions for three or four days. to see it happening, is devastating. japan is probably one the most organized places i have ever visited. the streets are clean, the people are...
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-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my colleagues a conversation i had with a gentleman who was in the american embassy -- serving in the american embassy in tokyo at the time of hurricane katrina. and he told me yesterday that japanese people lined up outside our embassy in tokyo after they heard about, watched films of hurricane katrina to offer help. whatever they could offer. and one private citizen of japan, unannounced, arrived at the embassy and wrote out a private check for $1 million for hurricane katrina relief. i mean, this is the -- the closeness of the relation
-japan relationship is extremely close. i -- i believe we don't have a better, more steadfast ally in asia than the japanese people. and it's part of why i hope that people of japan understand that the people of the united states are with them at this moment in which they suffer so from this natural disaster and will do everything we can to help them. they're a proud people, but -- but now they can't handle this all alone and we want to help them. we're a proud people. i want to share with my...
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japan is such a powerful economy and such an advanced economy. japan will rebuild. it's dealt with natural disasters before, will again, and japan will come back stronger than ever hopefully with our help. all right? thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> earlier, in the news conference, the president said he spoke to the prime minister saying the u.s. was rushing nuclear coolant to japan over the as a vulnerability of the nuclear plants there. there was a number of questions about libya there, and hillary clinton is heading there next week. more on that in a moment. in case you miss the the conference, we'll air it again tonight at eight o'clock eastern on c-span2. also, just a reminder too coming up at 2:30, more about libya here on c-span2 as libyan human development forum, live at 2:30. secretary of state clinton yesterday at a capitol hearing says she's meeting with members of the libyan opposition next week during a visit to cairo and the capitol of tunisia. she talked about the foreign operations budget at the state department. the remar
japan is such a powerful economy and such an advanced economy. japan will rebuild. it's dealt with natural disasters before, will again, and japan will come back stronger than ever hopefully with our help. all right? thank you very much, everybody. [inaudible conversations] >> earlier, in the news conference, the president said he spoke to the prime minister saying the u.s. was rushing nuclear coolant to japan over the as a vulnerability of the nuclear plants there. there was a number of...
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the president of the of believes we have to be looking very very closely at the events in japan and as we said before, we have to apply whatever lessons that can be and will be learned. >> energy secretary stephen chu the nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory asko run capitol hill testifying on the energy department's fiscal year 2012 budget a nuclear power safety issues following the earthquake and tsunami in japan. watch the complete hearing now on line at c-span video library. search, watch clip and share. is washington your way. ..
the president of the of believes we have to be looking very very closely at the events in japan and as we said before, we have to apply whatever lessons that can be and will be learned. >> energy secretary stephen chu the nuclear regulatory commission chairman gregory asko run capitol hill testifying on the energy department's fiscal year 2012 budget a nuclear power safety issues following the earthquake and tsunami in japan. watch the complete hearing now on line at c-span video library....
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japan has a higher debt than we, i think the highest in the world. they've had an interesting way that they've been able to finance it. but they've had no growth for quite a long time. it is consistent with the rogoff reinhardt study. does that apply to us? we will, we are about 95% now. our debt is surging. by the end of this fiscal year september 30, the numbers are that our debt will be 100% of g.d.p. we wilwell above the figure. what does 1% growth mean? if you're looking for growth of 1% or 2%, it is half your growth maybe. what does it mean in other terms? experts have said that a 1% reduction in your growth amounts to a million jobs lost -- a million jobs lost. so i believe we're beginning to feel a negative pull on our bounce back from this recession as a result of growing debt right now, not years down the road as some people have been saying and predicting we're going to have a debt crisis down the road. i hate to say it. all i can tell you is what i've been told at our committee. erskine bowles -- he was president clinton's chief of staff,
japan has a higher debt than we, i think the highest in the world. they've had an interesting way that they've been able to finance it. but they've had no growth for quite a long time. it is consistent with the rogoff reinhardt study. does that apply to us? we will, we are about 95% now. our debt is surging. by the end of this fiscal year september 30, the numbers are that our debt will be 100% of g.d.p. we wilwell above the figure. what does 1% growth mean? if you're looking for growth of 1%...
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we have about a score of ships from our navy trying to help the good people of japan. we have got a big situation going on in the middle east. not only in libya but all over the middle east. we have a war going on in afghanistan as we speak. we have men and women whose lives are on the line in afghanistan, who are trying to draw down in iraq. we have just a lot of issues, mr. president, that we need to deal with. we know that there has to be budget cuts, and we're willing to do that, but let's also understand we can't balance our budget with what the tea party is wanting us to do. we have a huge problem in this country with deficits. now, mr. president, we have been a pretty good example of how we can balance the budget. we did it in the clinton years. we spent far less money than we were taking in. we were reducing the debt. we were not having annual deficits, so we know it can be done, but we have to do it in the right way, as we did. we want to work with our republican colleagues, and we have proven that we can do that with the two short-term c.r.'s that we have had
we have about a score of ships from our navy trying to help the good people of japan. we have got a big situation going on in the middle east. not only in libya but all over the middle east. we have a war going on in afghanistan as we speak. we have men and women whose lives are on the line in afghanistan, who are trying to draw down in iraq. we have just a lot of issues, mr. president, that we need to deal with. we know that there has to be budget cuts, and we're willing to do that, but let's...
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now we're, much more fortunate here because when you look at japan there are very few places in japan that aren't prone to a local tsunami. the entire east coast of japan is, is prone to this kind of disaster whereas we only have a limited part of the u.s. that will have a local tsunami hazard. the part of the alaska and the pacific part of off oregon and washington. but that's the only part that will have a local tsunami so we're much more fortunate than japan. >> let me ask one other question. the fy-12 budget proposes to cut mineral resources program by 9.6 million or 18% with corresponding reduction of 52 ftes. give me an overview of the program and why it is important to america's economic and national security interest. >> this is a unique program in the federal government. there is no duplication here, no other program like it. the usgs provides a service to the nation by taking input from all of the mineral industries around the country, stripping off any industry pro pre proprietary information and and as semiwling -- assembling that information and rolling up into statistics
now we're, much more fortunate here because when you look at japan there are very few places in japan that aren't prone to a local tsunami. the entire east coast of japan is, is prone to this kind of disaster whereas we only have a limited part of the u.s. that will have a local tsunami hazard. the part of the alaska and the pacific part of off oregon and washington. but that's the only part that will have a local tsunami so we're much more fortunate than japan. >> let me ask one other...
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at the same time there's a number of independent deemployers there a country such as japan, korea, russia, china they're all working together to try to deal with the problem but each of them with a little more different mandate, certainly whether they are escorting convoys through the gulf of aden or trying to protect their own national shipping, these are some of the strategies that they're employing but what i noticed when we were operating there is that despite national mandates, despite a few different approaches in how to deal with the problem, the crux of the issue is they all wanted to do something about piracy. so what we found is that everybody was working together to share information, to exchange bits of information that might prove useful to the locating pirate action groups to try to deal with the problem and i found a very constructive element while we were conducting our work over there. >> i just wanted to put a little vignette that kind of gives you a sense of how we dealt with certain issues out there. and i know we've got a bit of a strategic overlay and a sense of the
at the same time there's a number of independent deemployers there a country such as japan, korea, russia, china they're all working together to try to deal with the problem but each of them with a little more different mandate, certainly whether they are escorting convoys through the gulf of aden or trying to protect their own national shipping, these are some of the strategies that they're employing but what i noticed when we were operating there is that despite national mandates, despite a...
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[laughter] when we looked upon what happened, the devastation that has hit japan and its impact, in be hawaii we have already felt it. our projections on our revenues have gone down for the first time as result of it, and we know what that's attributed to. we do know when we were voted in, david and i the new ones, people wanted us to address the economy and, specifically, jobs. because jobs is what makes each and every one of us feel good. jobs is what makes us have public confidence. jocks is what tells us we're on the right track, and we haven't seen one. eleven weeks have gone by, we haven't seen a jobs bill yet. but what's worse than that is we have seen cuts. and i'm hoping that the people do not accept just the mantra that if you cut, somehow that equates saving the economy -- equates to saving the economy. it's not the same. hook at what we've experienced -- look at what we've experienced in hawaii. the tsunami warning center has been cut. what does that mean? look at all of you who are watching the news reports and how many of you relied on those reports. it's a cut. those are
[laughter] when we looked upon what happened, the devastation that has hit japan and its impact, in be hawaii we have already felt it. our projections on our revenues have gone down for the first time as result of it, and we know what that's attributed to. we do know when we were voted in, david and i the new ones, people wanted us to address the economy and, specifically, jobs. because jobs is what makes each and every one of us feel good. jobs is what makes us have public confidence. jocks is...
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so often we hear on this floor discussion about china eating our lunch and clean energy, about japan and germany outpacing us in -- in wind and solar technology, but does anybody think that if those countries had a gulf of mexico or an anwar that they would not be drilling in those areas as we speak? does anyone think that those nations demagogue nuclear power or refuse to permit coal plants? their -- their energy policies are on better track than ours. they -- they're not just looking at what is happening today, they're looking -- they're looking tomorrow, they're looking today. they've got an energy policy that carries them out. there is an article in "the wall street journal" yesterday by nancen salari. he concludes this article with the statement that the u.s. does not have an energy problem, it has an energy strategy problem. think about that. it's not lacking the resources. it's the strategy for how we develop our energy resources. during his campaign, president obama liked to quote dr. martin luther king, and he talked about the fierce urgency of now. and there are few issues
so often we hear on this floor discussion about china eating our lunch and clean energy, about japan and germany outpacing us in -- in wind and solar technology, but does anybody think that if those countries had a gulf of mexico or an anwar that they would not be drilling in those areas as we speak? does anyone think that those nations demagogue nuclear power or refuse to permit coal plants? their -- their energy policies are on better track than ours. they -- they're not just looking at what...
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we spend more money for health care than japan by far. we spend more money on health care than any other nation on earth by far. in japan they spend half as much than we do for health care, they get better results. everything from a higher life expectancy to lower infant mortality. they cover everybody. they spend half as much, get better results, cover everybody. how they can they be that smart and we be that dumb? one way to spend less money on health care is to have cleaner air. we can not only save billions of dollars, we've made great progress, we can save 10 maybe hundreds of billions of dollars to make air to make it cleaner. i'm happy to conclude it's a joy to see you presiding here and be here with you in this chamber with all of these young people and recount one of my favorite stories about barack obama and the six points i came to him 2, 2 1/2 years ago to refuse the deficit. we're starting -- reduce the deficit. and we're starting to do those things. with that, mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. thank you. the pre
we spend more money for health care than japan by far. we spend more money on health care than any other nation on earth by far. in japan they spend half as much than we do for health care, they get better results. everything from a higher life expectancy to lower infant mortality. they cover everybody. they spend half as much, get better results, cover everybody. how they can they be that smart and we be that dumb? one way to spend less money on health care is to have cleaner air. we can not...
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japan. turkey a special and interesting possibility given its particularly important role in the region and its current involvement in afghanistan, perhaps saudi arabia and perhaps others. we are not prescriptive with respect to that their role will be initially to work closely with the facilitator to help in fact eshouldn't -- cement ties and bring forward the kind of agreements that are absolutely necessary to see the inner afghan part of the process prosper. their second role will be and it will evolve in our view over time to also consult together and perhaps negotiate to understeak how and in what way the international community and particularly the region will both support what it is that the afghans can agree. support what the afghans would like with result, with respect to their future status in the region and the world. is it neutrality? is it none alignment or is it something else and make commitments themselves on critical future of afghanistan. central economic assistance and whe
japan. turkey a special and interesting possibility given its particularly important role in the region and its current involvement in afghanistan, perhaps saudi arabia and perhaps others. we are not prescriptive with respect to that their role will be initially to work closely with the facilitator to help in fact eshouldn't -- cement ties and bring forward the kind of agreements that are absolutely necessary to see the inner afghan part of the process prosper. their second role will be and it...
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they went to i don't see toerbgs japan, and -- they went to kyoto, japan, and said we want to join with all the other countries and reduce emissions from co2. this is a treaty you would sign on to. most of the european countries did. many others did. i might add now, many years later, none of them who signed on to it were able to accomplish any kind of reduction, meaningful reduction in emissions. but nonetheless, we had that. i remember standing here at this podium and saying back then that we're not going to ratify any agreement that was made at kyoto that doesn't affect the developing countries the same as the developed countries. in other words, if it's not going to cover china and mexico and different countries in africa, then we don't want to be just the only twhaupbz this affects -- the only ones this affects because it is going to be a punitive thing. secondly, we were not going to ratify any kind of treaty that was an economic hardship on our country. we successfully stopped it. in 2003 they started introducing legislation that would do by legislation what the kyoto treaty woul
they went to i don't see toerbgs japan, and -- they went to kyoto, japan, and said we want to join with all the other countries and reduce emissions from co2. this is a treaty you would sign on to. most of the european countries did. many others did. i might add now, many years later, none of them who signed on to it were able to accomplish any kind of reduction, meaningful reduction in emissions. but nonetheless, we had that. i remember standing here at this podium and saying back then that...
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one thing that comes immediately to mind is the terrible tragedy unfolding in japan as we speak with the potential meltdown, the process of a nuclear reactor melting down. some of the technology, mr. president, being deployed to that situation which is technology developed by -- in the field of robotics, that technology was developed, a portion of it, through this sbir program. so that makes very relevant the debate that we're having on the floor today. when people go home or now turning on their televisions or listening to their radio or over the internet following those unfolding dramatic developments in japan knowing that one of the companies that's been deployed and some of the material from the united states actually was developed through this program. so that's just one of 1,000 examples that senator snowe and i have provided in terms of testimony before the small business committee to the "congressional record" and our numerous speeches on the floor, to talk about the importance of this program. what we'd like to do is -- i would like as the manager of this bill -- i'm not sur
one thing that comes immediately to mind is the terrible tragedy unfolding in japan as we speak with the potential meltdown, the process of a nuclear reactor melting down. some of the technology, mr. president, being deployed to that situation which is technology developed by -- in the field of robotics, that technology was developed, a portion of it, through this sbir program. so that makes very relevant the debate that we're having on the floor today. when people go home or now turning on...
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first i want to see as a new orleanan my heart goes out to people of japan. we know a little bit about what you're going through right now. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was be which can be cited by comedy at an early age was also fascinated and seduced by journalism. i remember at age five or whenever it was my parents had blunt little scissors collecting matt heads for all the different sections of the daily papers we subscribe to. the main criterion for which was which of your papers in l.a. were still publishing and warrant the times. when my moment came to be interviewed on tv by art linker i confess my habit of making my parents took me to the out of town is stand in hollywood whenever possible, and for years our mailbox was filled with dailies from fergus falls minnesota and other far-flung locales. a couple days late but it didn't matter. when i entered college at the age of 15 by first stop was the option of the student newspaper were again that as a senior member. thank you. [laughter] our only source of income at the publication was the job of
first i want to see as a new orleanan my heart goes out to people of japan. we know a little bit about what you're going through right now. ladies and gentlemen, as much as i was be which can be cited by comedy at an early age was also fascinated and seduced by journalism. i remember at age five or whenever it was my parents had blunt little scissors collecting matt heads for all the different sections of the daily papers we subscribe to. the main criterion for which was which of your papers in...
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that was with china, japan, korea, etc. i come from a family that has always had a part in military service and politics. and was very disappointed by the bush administration's unspeakable war in iraq. i am registered independent. in my opinion, it was a war of a corporate state against the country that had already been defeated in the gulf war. anybody knew it would only be a matter of time before saddam and his apparatus would be dismissed and a big change would come in iraq. instead, we lost 5000 of our precious young people. everyone of them was a volunteer. remiss handled -- we mishandled the entire iraqi situation. this was indescribable. we're now involved in a war and afghanistan. i see the casualty list every day on the news when i watched national public television. i am deeply disturbed by the way the president who live voted for -- the way he and his a ministration have handled our foreign affairs in the middle east. host: let's get a comment from congressman larson. guest: thank you for your service to the coun
that was with china, japan, korea, etc. i come from a family that has always had a part in military service and politics. and was very disappointed by the bush administration's unspeakable war in iraq. i am registered independent. in my opinion, it was a war of a corporate state against the country that had already been defeated in the gulf war. anybody knew it would only be a matter of time before saddam and his apparatus would be dismissed and a big change would come in iraq. instead, we lost...
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china, japan, other foreign holders, oil exporters, the u.k., and you begin to understand the point. billions of dollars annually are being borrowed from foreigners who have really no home interest in our nation. the interest payments on our debt will increase to almos almost $1 trillion by 2020. an increase of 370% since 2009. again, just look at the chart. the numbers don't lie. a nearly 380% increase by 2020. now the american people are absolutely appalled at trillion dollar annual deficits. just imagine their horror at trillion dollar annual interest payments. and what if current interest rates go up, which many project that they will, each 1% increase in interest rates equals, get this, $140 billion in additional debt. our interest payments alone will eventually bankrupt our country before we even begin to think about providing services to our citizens. and everything will suffer. if you like education, guess what? it will suffer. if you want to build more roadsd bridges, guess what? it will suffer. our society will suffer. probably most importantly, for those of us in the unite
china, japan, other foreign holders, oil exporters, the u.k., and you begin to understand the point. billions of dollars annually are being borrowed from foreigners who have really no home interest in our nation. the interest payments on our debt will increase to almos almost $1 trillion by 2020. an increase of 370% since 2009. again, just look at the chart. the numbers don't lie. a nearly 380% increase by 2020. now the american people are absolutely appalled at trillion dollar annual deficits....
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many people have said japan is locked in crisis, that crisis is coming because of the debt that they've accumulated. when that comes to america, do we want to have government by crisis? already we can't even pass a budget. we can't pass appropriations bills. our bills do not even go to the committees anymore. they just come to the floor and we put a patchwork quilt on them and there's a chance this ends up being two more weeks. it is not the way you should run government. if you want to have a significant plan for changing things, send things through the committee. if up to the have a realistic way of running government, have appropriations bills. if you want to be someone who believes in good, responsible government, for goodness sakes, pass a budget. we didn't pass a budget last year. this chart shows how big the problem is. i wish i had a magnifying glass because that's the only way you could see the other side's proposal. $6 billion in cuts. it's one day's borrowing. it's not even one day's spending that they're talking about. it's insignificant, it's inconsequential, and it will do
many people have said japan is locked in crisis, that crisis is coming because of the debt that they've accumulated. when that comes to america, do we want to have government by crisis? already we can't even pass a budget. we can't pass appropriations bills. our bills do not even go to the committees anymore. they just come to the floor and we put a patchwork quilt on them and there's a chance this ends up being two more weeks. it is not the way you should run government. if you want to have a...
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now, just for a minute i'm going to deviate over there to what's happened in -- over in japan. we just came from a hearing and i'm very proud that not just our administration, the president, and the secretary of energy, but also the nuclear regulatory commission has said that that should not affect what we're doing right now. we currently have 12 applications pending. two of them are pending for almost immediate consideration for nuclear reactors so that we will get into nuclear. right now we only develop about 20% of our energy from nuclear. france, for example, does 80%. and so that's something that's out there. and i would say that in my opinion, as one member of the united states senate, in order to stop, not reduce, but stop our dependence upon the middle east all together, all we have to do is keep working on all the above. i want wind, i want solar, all of that. i also want those things that are developed and available today, coal, gas, and oil. now, you may wonder what i'm getting around to with these charts is the fact that we have a -- everyone admits that the -- that
now, just for a minute i'm going to deviate over there to what's happened in -- over in japan. we just came from a hearing and i'm very proud that not just our administration, the president, and the secretary of energy, but also the nuclear regulatory commission has said that that should not affect what we're doing right now. we currently have 12 applications pending. two of them are pending for almost immediate consideration for nuclear reactors so that we will get into nuclear. right now we...
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what's going on in japan right now, i -- i shy away from the idea of saying, oh, well then we've got to stop ever building any nuclear power plant forever. i'm not a big fan of nuclear power but i don't think you make decisions like that, you don't maybe them out of emotion, you don't make them because there's a catastrophe in another country -- maybe there is, maybe there isn't, i haven't checked the news in four or five hours -- but that's 20% of all of our power in this country. so before we make that decision, let's be thoughtful about it. i think we ought to be thoughtful about this amendment, saying -- the mcconnell amendment saying forever and forever that the e.p.a. will be completely stripped away in terms of any power for -- for -- for carbon monoxide, climate problems. and to boot -- plus anything else that creates carbon. it could be factories, any -- all kinds of things. they will be completely free of any kind of regulation. and i think that's wrong. i think the regulation has to be put in place which is reasonab reasonable, which would be the purpose of my amendment fo
what's going on in japan right now, i -- i shy away from the idea of saying, oh, well then we've got to stop ever building any nuclear power plant forever. i'm not a big fan of nuclear power but i don't think you make decisions like that, you don't maybe them out of emotion, you don't make them because there's a catastrophe in another country -- maybe there is, maybe there isn't, i haven't checked the news in four or five hours -- but that's 20% of all of our power in this country. so before we...
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japan, for example, has also fallen behind in its deficit goals. and to make matters worse standard & poor's downgraded japan's credit rating. if we do not face the reality and take serious steps now to confront this challenge, we will find ourselves in a similar position. the impact will be disastrous, just as it's been in greece and portugal and ireland. unfortunately, this reality has not yet sunk in in enough places in washington, d.c. president obama asked congress to increase the debt ceiling, allowing our country to take on even more debt. but it would be irresponsible to allow more spending without a serious plan in place to reduce the deficit. americans are looking for leadership in washington to help create jobs and get our economy back on its feet. but lately they heard a lot of partisan rhetoric and all they've seen is more government spending. it is time for our government to change direction and to change dramatically. we must work together to restrain spending and to put in place progrowth measures that create jobs. by saying both no
japan, for example, has also fallen behind in its deficit goals. and to make matters worse standard & poor's downgraded japan's credit rating. if we do not face the reality and take serious steps now to confront this challenge, we will find ourselves in a similar position. the impact will be disastrous, just as it's been in greece and portugal and ireland. unfortunately, this reality has not yet sunk in in enough places in washington, d.c. president obama asked congress to increase the debt...
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now, japan, china and europe are ready to receive these research projects. they are building facilities in the hopes that these companies will decide that they are more reliable than the united states of america. that's what the house republican budget threatens. whether it's in medical research, energy research, finding new drugs, unless we make a commitment that people can count on, that research is going overseas and jobs will flow with that research to other countries and not to make. we need to cut the budget and reduce our deficit. no doubt about it. let's not do so in a way that costs america jobs and cuts american innovation off at the knees. the spending bill before the house of representatives is going to cripple our economy at a time when it's just starting to recover. economists tell us the house republican budget will cost us more than 700,000 jobs. that's not the way to move america forward. we can find a way to eliminate tax loopholes and benefits, improve the way we spend money and thoughtfully, thoughtfully decrease our spending. these are e
now, japan, china and europe are ready to receive these research projects. they are building facilities in the hopes that these companies will decide that they are more reliable than the united states of america. that's what the house republican budget threatens. whether it's in medical research, energy research, finding new drugs, unless we make a commitment that people can count on, that research is going overseas and jobs will flow with that research to other countries and not to make. we...
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the team over was were not affected by the recent events in japan. we're thankful for that. it is connected to the c2bmc in hawaii, and as said before, our ship, especially our surveillance capability in the sea of japan is shown here. this is our initial capability. it shows one layer of defense in the three charts i've just shown. next chart. when we moved to 2015, our aim is to go from an initial capability to a robust capability. again, how do you define "robust?" there's not a clear definition, and i'll state what the agency adopted and in concert with the ballistic missile defense review conducted last year was one interpretation of robust, and it's ours is that when a missile's launched at you, you have opportunities to shoot it with multiple systems, independent technologies engaging that are integrated together through a center network again taking multiple views using multiple freak sighs so that -- frequencies to that is makes it very resilient capability, and by 2015 with the introduction of the sm32a, you can also see the introduction on the east coast of the un
the team over was were not affected by the recent events in japan. we're thankful for that. it is connected to the c2bmc in hawaii, and as said before, our ship, especially our surveillance capability in the sea of japan is shown here. this is our initial capability. it shows one layer of defense in the three charts i've just shown. next chart. when we moved to 2015, our aim is to go from an initial capability to a robust capability. again, how do you define "robust?" there's not a...
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today, praying for the survivors in japan after that terrible earthquake, remember those who died in katrina, and the rebuild is not going on in new orleans and even those who have lost their lives in 9/11. we know several things. we know infrastructure matters and we know transportation matters. we've know people who take the people on the systems matter greatly. and i think that's something we should bear in mind. i think today is the time for courage and confidence in how we move forward on our transportation system and our new legislation. i don't think it's a time for how much less we should spend on transit and highways suspect this is a time how much one wishes been and how wisely we should spend it. in the last months, in the recent two-year period, apta has said it. every state, 75% of those states, communities that have taken on the funding issues about transit, the ballot initiatives and other local referendums have seen the members in this committee, republicans and democrats alike, support those measures. and i think that is a sign of confidence that we should take as we
today, praying for the survivors in japan after that terrible earthquake, remember those who died in katrina, and the rebuild is not going on in new orleans and even those who have lost their lives in 9/11. we know several things. we know infrastructure matters and we know transportation matters. we've know people who take the people on the systems matter greatly. and i think that's something we should bear in mind. i think today is the time for courage and confidence in how we move forward on...
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one thinks of japan where there was no return of growth until this decade. how can you possibly attribute to this government a situation who regards growth as you do. >> i'm very grateful to the honorable gentleman's point and we have argued consistently and so has the international community that we had a financial crisis from 2008 and 2009. and out of that financial crisis, without making references to tsunamis, earthquakes, there are many after-shocks and it takes much time to actually get over that. so i certainly agree with that point. but it was not us who said that we were going to raise growth in last year. it was the conservative government and the honorable member made an excellent point when he pointed out quite rightly that under a labour government, we had 40% growth of debt in relation to gross domestic products. my recollection it was 37-something percent. it was the financial crisis that pushed it up to where it was. >> i'm very grateful to my honorable friend for giving way. would he also say after all the measures we've heard from the chanc
one thinks of japan where there was no return of growth until this decade. how can you possibly attribute to this government a situation who regards growth as you do. >> i'm very grateful to the honorable gentleman's point and we have argued consistently and so has the international community that we had a financial crisis from 2008 and 2009. and out of that financial crisis, without making references to tsunamis, earthquakes, there are many after-shocks and it takes much time to actually...